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EMPSON MILUS.
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LAI KENS C. LIM S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886.
big job of Clothing
_Baltimore Fir?.
TIMKLY TOPICS VOW MUMERS.
IIO\V TO Do PAVING WOltK AT rms
8KASON.
BUtfgoiitlons of Intorcul, from mi Author!-.
Intive Siturec
( w. I,. Jo :e< In iii" B itithcr . G'utttvtt >r.)
The ?armor \s oampaigu is now fairly
begun. Iii plans havn bcon -oro tins
fully matured. Tooxeouto thom is now
tue matter of supreme impertanco. How
often failure comes just nt this point!
Men who can toll you just how a thing
should bo done frequently look the
capacity to do it themselves or have
others do it under thoiv din ut ion. Tho
thing called "executive power," hoW
far-roneliio;; a id importan! in every I
avocation! Ho v inditpousablo to tho
farmer! ii,; must manage laborers,
stock, machines, manures, Boi .. ? reps of
various kinds; bo must fight < ld, I ?,
storms, indus, Hoods, drought, iusads
blights, rn; ts, n i'd. .. , and I la il . A I
great many distinct thi iga muatbomndo
to work together fer a Riven ead. How
multifarious thoOperations which finally
tormiuato in a halo of cotti n -a bushel
of corn! And yet Weare tobi that any man
eau be a farmer. V<.auy oho caa pat i
seeds in tho ground, any' one can hon
gross, eny one can walk bl inna a plow
but, ia that all? When to j.! ti . bow to I
plant, wit..i lo pian-.; when ; . |>l iw,
toiilow, What breadth ol loWli Ige,
what discriminating ju igtiK , do UHS<
demand! Lot tho youths wholaok theso
qualities go to tho cities; tho uountry
bus n<> ph a for . ; om.
?But to matters now directly in hand, i
Tho plauting of tho cotton crop con
fronts us shall it bc carly <?r late?
0 pillions tii flor. Whore i K\ ?? ncc ft i
to decido wo can ouly appt il I . herid :
principies, it i- quite ceri i I ; . n s
have soute degree bf plasticity- that
they are modilied to son,. . ,0 ut by
elimatta comliti hs, riced bl ? rly coin
from tho Non,-, planted in ( I o ?iouth for !
seVeriU yours, without a fri ti importa
flou, sequin s a lab r Itabit oi . utiu ...
lfow is lui. ? Tho plant . . nu . bc Con
Coi ved of as having tm in ncowbieh
enablos it lo ?uticipato tin gi r length
of our seasons atui regulub , growth
accordingl) ; nud y, t it boh . ju il as :
if it had .siiel int' I Ugo UC0. in, our
native corn, planted very i i . ii; tho
spring, tends to pi educo sn : hhdksl
but larger cars than thal , .. . I lalo in
tho season. May not a binni : . udonc) .
develop in oArly-pInutod co i? Tin
Cold ol earl) spring obi li t ..; ?eal
plant nud t lire thins i rite ti. >n. I
Threat of oxtermiualioh iitv . . lichens
the reproductive process . plants.
Tho little cooklo-billT wilie cohn lip
late in suniuu r, < a tl. in
grow tm ?to tliall six iu?ii high, willi
havo a bloom nud mature n. t d. Ju tho
tropic cotton grows almost i ti tree,
fjiupr?duo s little fruit; ii . nu po rab
ones it is dwarfed ih siy.o, increas ?
1 i fruitfului ;. May it not bo tbat the
uhihiiig it g. ls in carly -> . ; pr?dis-1
poses it to fruitfulness? ii \v ul<? seem
that young plants vory soou 'i. tho style
pt growth thoi aro to Koop during
the i ta o.i. ll Hi.y ; a oi . ? mt kl
large, luxuriant Btttlk Hie) . m to ?trivol
to earn it out to li ie Olid.
Dur indiv idutd 6xporiou< ti li,ia b. en in
favor of early-planted cotton, li docs
not grow efl quit vf .i, fi I ia ? nisi -
qhently somewhat harder to .vork, but!
fruits botter, opens early and eau bo
housed and (jeld early IQ the season.
Tuon, again, carly plauting moro apt
to bring good stands, for thoi is Hun!
usually CuougI moisture in i p soil to
still bring tho plants up; i.>t rit is apt to I
be too dry. Alt. r trying "j la at?, rs" and
other modern mi dos of plaill incot ton, ;
wo laue gone back to t e pld-timo
method of cevoring seed wi tag? d list
by a double-foot plow and oi hor knock- ;
lng off with a board or leveling down
with a barrow. Cotton need will uot
come nj) through a duck covering Ol
earth, but they v> 1 sproul and g?i!
ready to come up whou ibu; covered, I
and will appear above the surface
promptly when tho Biipo iluoua dirt is
removed by board or harrow, Ur.ar in
mind, this knocking off or bu rowiugis
not labor to d ; it is really equivalent to
a lirst working. For Di<> years wo have
tried tiwi bro.ulo.i.it harrowing of cotton I
with a smoothing harrow, lt was done;
thc lirst time just ie. tho cotton begun to
como up. The harrow waa run obliquely
across tito rows. About a wcok hiter it
was run again al light angle-. b> tho tiri t.
It may ho run wn?aroly aer?se the rows, |
but never up and down UlOUi, or in till
lutter ease it would almoi t < ortainly ia-1
juro tho stand. Whero tho land was
olcui and freo from obatruatlons, tho
woo. wi,u \< ry satisfactory; ev< u where
land was not p rice: iv cloon, tho stand
WAS not much injured. If no rabi IIBBI
fallen since tiic son WAS Btirrcd by tho
plow, tho burrow tonds to run too deep;
where tho mil ls erusted lt WOlks llnoly.
If one does nut uno a harrow tuc
scrape should bu started ju il o ?eon a?
the lirst cotton mukes its appearance,
Tho wing next tho cotton should I 0 W i
perfectly flat and tho cotton B?dcd s
dom ly Huit ibo two furrows almost
meut. Very little dirt V ill b. thiov.n on
tho young cotton, sud own il BOttlO is, it
will not interf?re seriously with Us
coming ni?. Should thc ground 1 0
crusted, Hi?. Crust Will bo broken; men -
over, tlio grass wbloh usually oom H ttl
with the cottou \>ili bo lulled? No.um.
contributes moro to tho easy, ph saul
working ot ootl ?D orop dian to bogui
plowing it early and plowing it Ofton In
the early stag, s ot mouth. Wo geuOD
ally leave too much bu the hoe to do.
liy running tho plow carly, proper!)
md ofton Ino koo-work ma) be groat!)
roduced. One thing is very olear, thal
unless Ibo cont ol pi nindi u can bo ri .
ducisl Ha re will be very httlo probt In
ootton at present pri
As noon as cotton'planling ls finished,
?ttly.plantcd corn will bo ready for lb
tlrst winking. If planted in watOWW
row manure may now bo dropped ape
tho bill of corn, and tho mat ploWh)|
will oovor it up. In Uiis ease alco t
tho wing of tho serape next the corn to
it will run very lint and throw only
moderato quantity of dirt into the WAtei
furrow and about the com. it M quJU
injurious to ??rn to dirt it heavily when
it is young, aud iureo it to throw out
now root? near the aurfaco beforo it is
ready to do so. Oem oatuniUy throw si
out new oiroles o? roots ut successive
j? ints, ono sut ubovo tho other, but UOt
r.M et euee. A considerable interval of
timo ?lap808 botwoOU tho formation of
successive whorls of roots. J Jut deep
dir ting interferes with tho course of
nature and causes new roots to fenn
prematurely. Again, by only partially
libing tl in v. liter-1 ur row at the first work- ?
illg, more dirt is thrown into it at tho
Bi coin! working, and covers und . i .oth
ori gross most thoroughly, dispensing
willi all hoe-work. Where Com is not
planted in the water-furrow wo have
fouud it an excellent plan to use a twister
Or turning-shovel, and starting in the
'.caler of the middles bed up with hin
side next tho corn. The last furrow cnn
borun very near the corn, dilling it
lightly, but em ugh to cover up young
grasa effectually if it is dono carly
enough. We contend that a hoe need
uover ? ?.ter a cornfield. Such siding
\. it . i <>d opportunity to put manure
on each side of corn to bc covered ut the
next working.
/o repeat tho recommendation here
tofore given to supplement tho corn
?rop with one of the recently introduced
millet ol' sorghums, as kallir corn or
millo maize. Kaili.' corn is nothing like
ordinary oom; it rescmblos mido mai/.o,
hut has a dwttl'for habit and matures
earlie:, lt mid millo maize have been
widely advertised ns forage crops; wo
value thom moro for their seed, which
c.re about as valuable us ordinary corn
for stock bed. If not nioro valuable
than corn, why plant them, asks one.
Because tlioy stand drought better, and
will tnako a crop where eura would
ti I orly fail. If one is forced to roly
upon thin uplands to make corn, he had
bel er plaut kallir corni or au ? arly ma*
turing strain of millo maize, ratkor than
co muon corn. Tho former is much
moro certain to produce a crop undor
thc conditions mentioned--especially in
a dry season--than tho latter. Plaut
corn on bottom lands and on fresh rich
lat de, but confluo il to theso, end plant
kallir com on thin uplands. To tlio.se
who li vc never cultivated tho hitter, WO
rm . ..y, its oulture is similar lo that of
or Unary sorghum--nothing peculiar or
dilllcult about ii.
ibtising supplies at homo is tho foro
m< and mosl important of all problems
to tho cotton-raiser, lt is Uso! . s lo at
tempt improvomont of any kind until
tl farm is mndo t-elf-supporting. Ho
will certainly fail if ho buys provisions. ;
Thoexporieuoo Of tho last twenty years!
has m. .1 thoroughly demonstrated this,
?o whoro you will, tho men who raise
supplies at bone.' arc tue prosperous
fanni rs. 'J hoir lumia are not mortgaged.
They do not have to ask merchants to
run them. For this WO stress every
er 'p which will help tho farmer to raise
the provisions ho ncods; kadli corn and
nt ll i mai/.o i tri ko us as vi ry promising
: lill producing Crops. They are gen
crail i dolled as forage plaid ; WO do
ucl pri/.o them highly forthat; ordinary
corn Sown iii drills hus no su pi ?or as u
fertigt plant, ff ono will manage it
i . ?pi rly lhere is no occasion to hunt up
.i other crop as a substitute, lt is
urged upon every farmer, who is at ali
!-.u .;! ol i'oingo, or likely to bc, to BOW
Hg od breadth of land in drilled corn
this mouth, if may bo sown ut any
tiran from April to August, but thu carly
sowings arc tho mos', satisfactory-most
apt t'> succeed. Prepare tho land very
tljor uighly by lepeatcd plowings, roll
iugu anti hanowings; hitiko drills four
fit ap ut to admit plenty of ?-ir and
ligld ; KOW B?,'cd so tout grains may bo
frota two to threo inches apart, and
when up cultivate with sweep. Some
think torugo corn should bo t own very
thickly to make tho stalks M ry small.
Of course very ?urge stalks aro objec
tionable, hut if caoh filant bas not tho
opportunity of developing Itself pretty
thoroughly, tho forage will lack quality;
it will bo tasteless ami not relished by
block. Each stalk ought to have
sufficient opportunity tt> enable it to
make a little nubbin, and tho crop
should not bu gathered until thc little
nubbin is in roasting ear.
Another very viduablo food orop,
winch may bo t.turled the Last of this
mouth, is ii.'*.'man millet, lt is on ex
ceedingly st roil g, nutritious forage -
strong! r porhapy than ouy other, unless
exception bo made of clover hay and
pcaviues. Whilst it may not equal those
m .-.onie respects, il is a better balanced
Iced, lt calls for rather rion laud, but
grows well on poor land when manured
and properly prepared. Stable manure,
cotton seetl meal, ommoniatcd fertilizer!
or composts will answer. Thu land
nhl in? prepared, as described above,
for drilled corn, a half bushel of sect
sown on un acre and very lightly har
rowed in and then rolled. All sinai
seeds, which must ho planted BIIOIIOW
should bo rolled niter they are hurrowec
Hin. It insures both moro prompt am
more, certain germination of thu sued
Hemombcr that Gorman millet shouh
be cut promptly as soon as blooms ap
pear, tho sud '.ona and maturo vcr;
quickly oftor tho bloom, unusually so
autl it is not desirable to let tho sce<
mature. Tiny oro so small that tho;
are not properly masticated, may swol
in stomach and do harm, or else pas
through undigested and uro lust. Th
extremo coso with which this millet i
cut and ourod also commends it to ou
nigh esteem ; it lins decided advai tag
over cairn foragu in this ru .peet.
[norcasod interest bas been dovolopo
of latu in tho groiu'dpcacropou aoeoun
of thc introduction of tho variety terme
''Spanish." We do not know its orig!
or liistory. but on trial have found it
very excellent variety. Tho pods fl
well, and cluster largely s> round th
main root, making tho digging of thei
quito easy. On suitable lund that
rather sundy ami with limo in the soi
tho groiindpeu is a very valuable ai
janel to thu food crops of ti.o faro
e.neely anything is better for fattonin
pork, and us farmers aro much nun
disposed to raise their meat thou the
hu mei ly were, wo cointnond this ere
to their attention also. It should I
planted nt once; it is Ixjtlor to shell ai
plant thu seed out of tho hull; they wi
come ap more quickly; drop nt least tv
in nhill; rows throe feet apart and hil
two feet in thu row.
En this connoction tho sweet pota'
should recoivo attention. Tho larg
cul) varieties, like tho Bt. l>omin|
y nm, and tho closely allied red skin wi
yfllow ilcsh, uro unsurpassed as lu
let d. If tho slips aro put out tho iii
of May, hogs may bo turned on the
by tho llrst of Hoptcmbor, or earlier, I
I kept on them till tho middle of Ootolx
I and then turned upou tho greundp?
and by the end of November bo ready
for tlio knife. Jt it; a mistake lo supposo
that funnors cannot raise their meat to
advantage ut tho present low price? of
bacon. A fanner can raise almost any
thing t hat ho needs ou his farm obi api i
than lie can buy it. In tho matter of
meat, all I hat is required is that he
should arrange proporly for it-not do
pend exclusively, or even la ;,eiy. on tho
corn-crib. Grazing lots, bermuda and
clover, Johnson gJUSS lots for hogs tn
feed upon rootstoeks of in winter, plum
orchards, wild du rries, seedling peach
trees, acorns, persimmons, etc., together
with sweet potatoes, peas and ground
pens, present a cheap, inexpensive bili
o? fare upon which hogs eau bo very
easily raised and fattonvo. Wo ore not
enterprising enough; WO work on from
year to year in the same old rubi, raising
eora and eottou ami little che, and
trusting to tho cotton crop to supply all
our wants, Year after year Wc have
failed, but hope never ?lies. Tue fault
is in thu seasons, or the guano doolors,
>r tim merchants, or something else; wo
ne blind to tho fact that it is ohiolly in
mrsclves and our method-.. W c give tt
thousand excuses for our failures, but
never the right one. Now, before il is
too late, put some of thc land you had
prepared for cotton in sweet potatoes,
ionic in groundpeos, some in kallir corn,
ionic, in (?crinan millet ami somo in
forage corn.
NOTES Ol'' SOI TUKUM I'ltOOKKSS.
A wood winking factory is to bc
erected at Longwood, Fla.
It is reported that o box factory wil
JO built au Judsonia, Ark.
The I'rcsbyteriann will build a ?10,
100 church at Franklin, Tenn.
A largo brick manufactory has bcoi
established at Darlington.
A largo tobacco factory is reported ti
)0 erected at Knoxville, Timi.
It is roportod that a canning factor'
viii bc established at Lo wry, Va.
J, O. Cross is erecting machinery io
i shoo factory at Annistou, Ala.
A $50,000 company luis been formet
d Aunisou, Ala., to budd gas works.
A company has been organized ?
Danville, Va., to build a sired railroad
Several parties ?it Kingston, N. C.
?ontcmplatc establishing a staten factor;.
William (haig is erecting machiner
it Knoxville, Tenn., b> tnanufactur
ihocs.
A company is being organized t
mild a tobacco factory at Clurkcavilb
Leun.
ft is reported that a canning faotoi
s to be established ut KuoxviUc, Tenn
icon.
A Company will probably bu forme
it Chattanooga, Tenn., to m:\nufnctiu
i patent lam??.
C. C. Post and others have organize
i com]tony at Douglasville, Go., to ere
i conning factory.
lt is proposed to organize :?? $20,0!
(tock company at Thibadaux, La., to <
ablislt a canning factory.
Tho sum (d' $'25,000 has been raised
?recta pork packing o&tabHshmcnt
Yohimbin, Tenn.
The Chattanooga Poper Box Comp
ly, Chattanooga, Tenn., w;tl enlarj
heir factory about May I.
ft is reported that air. Mad ii ot), Ca;
iirordeou, alo., will establish a fur.
vre factory at Florence, Ala.
Tho Arkansas Pump und Pipe Coi
>any luis been incorporated ut Lib
Hook, Ark., with D. ti. Jones ns pre
lent.
lt is reported that a company will
ormeil at Nashville, Tenn., to CStohli
tottery and terracotta works.
Tho Judsonia Conning and Kvapor
ng Company, capital stock $2,000, I
jeou incorporated at Judsonia, Ark.
Camming ?v Sou, Selma, Ala., h.
turohascd machinory to double t
?opacity of tlnir carriage and wag
octory.
D.S. korney and Samuel fl. Ni
jerry, of Wy th ovillo, Virginia, ht
uirchased 1,800 acres of iron oro hu
u Pulaski county for $80,000.
Thc Central .Manufacturing and I
?rovoment Company has been formed
Liovoly Mount, Virginia, and will st
trick w orks and a wood working ftlOto
The Gate City Land Company, cap
?tock $000,000, hus been incorporate!
birmingham, Ala., to start a manu
tiring town about live miles from 1
ningham.
O. T. Case, J, A. II. Boll ami N.
Dyer have leased a building at Atku
3a., (iud will lit it Up with limehill
ror a soap iactory. '1 hey will be km
is the ( b orgia Soap Company.
Tho Bessemer Manufacturing C<
?any, capital stock $'20,000, ie.: I
ir gani zed at Birmingham, Ala., to n
tfaoturo at Bessemer, sash, doors
dhuls. S, T. Krittle is President,
\. S. ('amp, Secretary and Treasure
Tho Holona Street Railroad Compi
.apihd stock 830,000, has been organ
it Helena, Ark., with Greonfiold Qu
is president, D. T. Hargrave. , rn
md S. il. Horner, treasurer,
lompany will build their road atone
Pitta in itu- North . 'aroltnn Ton na.
[From the Wilmington star.;
Thc lires in the tow tis of North C
lina arc particularly destructive. I.
berton was the Iirst to sillier, then
MJU, and now Oxford. The tiro in
last named town destroyed tho bus!
Itouses on one street, but did not r
Main street. Nono of tho towns is
pared fur Oro. They have an tttterl
sullioiont supply of water, and not. ti
[)f them have tho needed eeg nea
ipparatitH for putting out lires,
thirty or forty years Oxford bini bul
or turco buildings burnt, ono a sn
house. But for tho last thirty-live ;
it has suffered from many lires, ai
bs,11 or 1H55 many business houses
burned, causing a loss of some $1
or $-10,000. Not many months ago
burned tho old hotel and Home al
Now tweuty-oight stores aro in usia
Tho removal of Prof. Bania)rn, <
H., after hoing pronounced incurnl
a score of physioinns, from Loa V
N. M., to his homo, was clTeeted b
ministering Dr. Hartor's Iron 'J
which has restored him to bin fi
good health.
tm i II mi?MjmntimiMHQtam?mmwKBtaiaMmmBW?SM
GKNKKA1. JACKSON'S OU KL.
SODIO Itoiiilulnceiiceii of n Notoblo Kvont n
Loni; Tim.. Ago.
In tho current, number of tho South
ern Bivouac there is an account of tho
duel bctweou General Jackson and
Oha ICH Dickenson, derived from tho
lato General W. CL Harding, of Nash
ville, wl.ici: differs somewhat from tho
accepted .'tory. General Harding said
that tho duel grow out of a quurrol on
the rneo-truok bctweou Juokson and
Joseph Krvin, Pickenson's father in-law.
Diokenson took up the quarrel and Hie
duel followed. Thc otlu r account of
tho affair narrates that in 18011 .hickson
became involved in H quarrel at tho race
track with a Mr. Swann, and bo lound
Dick on so n's oamo offensively introduced
into tho lotti is written by ftwuuu. Dick
enson hud previously mudo disparaging
romutks about Mrs. Jackson end tho
Gcnoiid had remonstrated with Mr.
Ervin about Dickeuson'H speeches, say?
ing that ho wisbott no quarrel with tho
latter, who waa used hy tfuokson's
enemies in Nashville. Sw inn's letters,
kowovt r, renewed tho feeling between
General Jackson and Dickenson and re
sulted iu tho fatal duel.
Jackson in a conversation with Hard
ing declared that ho was frightened
when ho wi nt on tho field with Dicken
son. "I know him," sold Old Hickory,
.'i ?bi a cool, bravo, determined man,
and thc best shot 1 oversaw,and I never
OXpcctcd tu h ave the ??ld alive, i owe
my lifo to tho fashion ot tho day-the
Cull-breasted coal. This and tho peculiar
cold', loalion of my muoh-stmkeu chest
were al! thal saved mo. Die!.cation's
bulle'. r>trti';k what appeared to bo tito
centre of my body under tb? riebt arm
and tho bali grazed my broast-bono. 1
had gone upon thc Hold dotorminod not
to tire eJ. Dickenson, but to discharge
my pistol in tho air, having no ground
of ullarri 1 with him end not wishing to
liui i a hair of his head. My quarrel was
With his fnthor-iu-law, i'rvin; b..t when
I felt myself shot, under tho impression
that 1 had received a nunial wound and
smarting under this boliof and tho phys
ical pain, 1 tired tho fatal shot, and no
net of my lifo have i ever regretted to
niue! i.
..Under the condition!1 ol' tho meeting
wc bail a right to reserve tho fire, bo?
cause I knew that Dickenson could shoot
BO jauch moro quickly iban 1 could. It1
hus been asserted in tho public prints," j
said Old Hickory, "that J advauced on
Diokenson to deliver my shot and that i
he gave back, both of Which statements ',
are false, sir. ? stood in my place when |
L fired and Dickenson remaiui t in his, ;
receiving my shot uko a cool, brave
man, ns he was."
General ({arding said that at this samo |
interview, which WHS tho last ho ever1
had villi General Jackson, tho latter
said lo bim:
..Tba World is greatly mistaken about
my having flin llligov? mabie, i< taper* I
never ya ve au exhibition of temper with
out my judgtnont approved it. I some
times lound it u ccssary even t > provcut j
tho shedding of blood.
- ? ?? * > - -
OOO? ti AS A Sl'KAKHlt.
'llie io. at Icier KolaloH an Inti.lent fruin j
it i-, ?Coiiiurkuhlu Car. ) . .
Prom (he . n I ian. ls? o i liront ie )
Mr, Booth i- a most retiring and'
timid man about society. l o is the
only actor ? ever met who is om h irrnsscd
at u compliment. ^V.'ost uctmv, whoa!
you till thom now wed Ikey ii >, humo-1
dintel;, proceed to explain to .von that;
they are really gr< aler actors than you |
think tlu y i.re. Mr. Booth semis to bo I
possessed by the unique couvii lion that I
Shakespeare meant what hu wrclo, and j
one of his main dreads is of be. man
who want, to know whether Hamlet Was j
really insano or only feigning. Ho was i
speaking of bis rccoptiou nt th. lialdwiu |
on the lirst night.
"Von saw my reception on Monday I
night," he said; '".oui l l couldn't
have said'Thank you' before that cur
tain."
Ho confessed to making ono specoh, I
but the result was not wry encouraging.
Some years ago he went with his com- :
puny to a plac. to [day one ni a. lie ;
bad boen specially roquosted nut to play j
"Hamlet," as tho people had t een bim
in {bat thc vi ar before, and they wauled i
somi ; hi ,g olso. When they assembled I
at the theatre they found the bnggilgo
bad gone astray and the costumes for
14Richelieu" had not arrived. 'J hey must1
play something olso, and tho only thing
they could do was to make uj> il bill of a
farce mid three nets of "Hamlet," which
were easiest to put ou. .Mr. booth went
out before tin- curtain and made a little
bpecch.
"Tln-y listened to me," ho Baili, "and
wl.eti l gol through a man in tho front
of the orehootra looked up and said:
'All right; givo lis "Hamlot. i went
off fooling very proud of my speech. 1
bud done ],rilli nilly, 1 thought. .Just
then I heard somobody talking ni front
ol thu euri.tin. Whats this, i said to
myself. Somebody objooting-a row
and 1 grew execs ively nervous'. Just
then one of thc mon came in from thu
front of tho llOUSO. 'What's that? Who's
I that talking out thorn?' .Ob, it's all
right, lt's thc proprietor. Ti icy didn't
bear u word you said, and he is explain
ing to them that you've changed tho
bill.'"
?lira. Cleveland lutana tho Flower**
Mrs. Olevolnnd ls an' ardent, admirer
of tho beautiful in nnturc Tho con
servatory mid llower beds iu the execu
tive grounds receive daily a share of her
attention. She has develop.d into a
gardener of no ordi tory merit and has
lately pcrs mall} supervised the work of
Garuonor l'Aster. The gardener and his
assistants ?vole?me her presence among
them with delight, as Ina' delicate praise
of their horticultural efforts lightens the
burden of their work. They strive onlv
to please their beautiful mistress, and if
success attends tin ir efforts tho romain
ing portion of the day after her morn
ing visit is very bright indeed to them.
Thc clerks in tho oast wing of tho State,
War and Navy building ?Iso enjoy tho
morning visita of Mrs. Clovoliuid to the
gardens. This morning she made her
usual visit, nud, accompanied by the
gardener, walked through the inoTosurn
devoted to flower beds, stopping now
and then to pluck a flower. Hbo WM
elad in n dark morning dross and no
covoring for bor head, nor did sbo wear
gloves, nut delvod into tho earth with
ber bare hands. - -Trout tho Baltimore
I AmerioAQ.
UEEOIIEli ON THE .HOWS.
His Lotter Itocom mond tug a llebrew as
>i I II isl or tu Xu rko*.
(From Mic Now York Timos.)
When Oscar S. Straus, now Minister
to Turkey, was being urged for that
oOiuu by Iiis friends, Henry Word
Beecher, a warm friond of -Mr. Straus',
wrote ?he following letter. It is a pi cu
bar letter, lt tells more definitely than
any words ol her than its ow n eau do
soribo the brood statesmanship and ad
vanced position of Brooklyn's famous:
?pastor:
"B?OOKl/rv, N. Y., Feb. 12, 1887.
"Gie>\ Kit OI.KVKLAND.
"DKAI; .Mu. PitESlDENT; Some of our
be-d citizens an; solicitions for the ap
pointment of Oscar Straus ns Minister
to Turkey. Of his fitness theta ia a
gou< ral consent that bo is personally
and ,:i attailimonts eminently excellent.
"Hut I mn int? rested in another qual
ity-tho fae I Hint ho is a Hebrew. Thc
bittoi projudico against Jews which ob
tains in many parts of Europo ought not j
to receive any countenance in Amt rica,
ft ?8 booailSO Ito is ll dew that I Would
urge Iiis appoint incut as a lit recogni
tion of this remarkable p. opie, who are
becoming large contributors to Ann ri
can prosperity ?md whose intolligone
morality and large liberality in ail pub
lic meosuros for the welfare of society,
deserve ami should re?oive from tho
hauls of our government some such;
recognition, ls it not also a duty to set
forth in this quiet, but effectual, method;
Hie genius of American Government,
which has under its fostering euro poo-1
pie of all civilized nations and w hich
croats them withe at regard to civil, re
ligious or race, pcouliaritics us common
citizens? We send I lanes to Denmark,
Gormans to Gormauy; we reject no man
be eau so he i.s a Frohchman. Why
should wo not make a crowning tostl
niony to the genius of our people by!
sending a Hebrew to Turkey? Tire'
ignorance and superstition of mediaeval
Lnropo may account for tho prejudices
o? tlint dark agc. Hui how a Christian
in our day can turn from a .lew I cunuol
imagine. Christianity itself suckled al
tho bosom of Judaism ; our roots are in I
the Old Testament. Weare .lows our-,
selves gone to blossom and fruit..
Christianity is Judaism in ?volution,!
and it would seem strenge for the seed;
to turu against tile stock on wllich ii was
grown. HENRY WAND BHI?OHKH."
Tim c<ai MU Hovomoiit.
The New York Finnnoial Citri niele, in
its weekly review of the cotton move
monts, Says that for the wee1; ending
April 1 the total receipts hnvo reached
8l,ll? bahv, against 40,298 halos let
week, 57,7lu bales the previous week,
ami 72,058 lutes Ihtvo WOO ks sin.-e;
making the total receipts since 1st Sop
tomber, I ssc,, 5,040,888 bal-: , against I
'1,85,507 bides for the -ame period of
1 sss." sct showing an increase ? ince Sep
tember 1, 1885, of 190,280 bales.
Tho exports for the week ending that
evening reach a tidal of 77,210 bales, ol'
Which '19,815 ?ere to Cr?a; Prit lin.
5,002 to Franco, and 21,802 to tho rest
of Hie continent. The imports into
continental ports during tho wick i ave
beeil 00,000 bales.
There was a deena-i' in tho cotton in;
sight Friday night of 2,021 halos as cota-:
pared with the taino ?'.ate of 1.- IG, an in- !
crease of J 19,055 balea ie: Compared w ith
tho corresponding date of 1885, and a
decrease of 187,808 bahs OS compared
willi 1881.
The old intorior stocks have decreased
dining the week 28,818 halos tess than at
the same period last year. Tho receipts
at the same towns have been 7,915 bales
more than Hie same week last year, and
M?11CU September 1 the receipts at all tho
towns are 70,090 bah s tuon; than for the
.same time in 1885 80.
The total receipts from the plantations!
since Soptoraber I, 1880, wero 5,185,991 1
bales; in 1885 80 were ... 1 To, 1 lo Indes;
in ISSI 85 Wire 1,707,070 bales. Al
though the receipts nt tho omports tho
past week were 34,115 bales, the actual
movement from plantations wes only',
8,487 bales, the balance being taken;
from thc stocks at the interior towns. ;
Hast year the receipts front tho planta
tions for the Samo week WCl'O :!(i,otiti
bales, and for Iss.*, they were 14,984
bahs.
The increase in the amount in sight
Friday night, os compared with last year,
?8 10,080 bales, the increase IV compared
with issi 85 is 020,872 bales, and thc
increase over lss;{ st ?s 062,255 bales.
Uoinanrm of Un- Mluvcry On yu.
, from Hie lnillaiinp.il.s JoUl'liabl
There are more romanees of the cruel
days of slavery among thc colored peo
ple, i veli a quarter of a century alter
thc emancipation proclamation, than
white-skinned people aro generally
aware, lt is quito customaiy for in
quiries to bu read from (lu pulpits of
colored chinches asking the whereabouts
of a brother or a sister, or perhaps a
mother or son, from whom the person
making tho inquiry was sepan, ted either
during' tho war or before the war, when
families were divided hy tho unction
block. Tho other day a letter was nad
from the pulpit of ono of tire colored
Baptist churches of this city, in winch
a brother asked nboiit n sister from
whom he liad been separated for o '< r
twenty years. Thu samo loller had
probably been lead, as is tho custom, in
nearly nil the colorid churches in Hie
country. This one found an answer,
Hm sister being Louisa Smith, a worthy
colored woman, who has lived in this
city many years, mid is nnv; in tho '
dy of Dr. .J. h. Thompson. The brother
ts a preacher in St. Josoph, Mo., ami j
they were separated ni Kentucky when
thc war was in progress.
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A oroamory is hoing oreefcod at Al ad i
son Station, Miss.
CHEATING THE GALLOWS. !
WVK MUltUKKKHS LYNCI1K? AT
VOltKV! LLli.
Amiod Nen Kilter tin- County Juli mid
forcibly Capture their I'rlKonorn ami
Hun}; Them lo Treen-No ( lu?' lo tho
I'll ii lvl|llllltlt.
(Krom tim Yorkvlllo (inquirer, April 0.)
Yestorday morning opened nu tho
closing BCOUO of one of tho most fearful
tragedies ovor onaoted in York county.
With tho brutal murder of Hie little in?
uouont boy Johnnie Loo Good, on thc
evening of the 30th of last November,
our readers aro familiar. On that ove
tiiug, as tho investigation of the jury of
inquest and subsequent confess ions de
veloped, tho murderers proved to bo
Priudloy Thomson, Hailey Dowdle, Dan
itobortsand Mose Lipscomb, willi a num
ber of supposed accessories before the
foot, il being believed that a combination
for tho purposes of robbory and murder
existed among tho negroes ol' that neigh
borhood, in Bullock's Creek township,
and adjacent to Broad Uiver. Several
of tho accessories or accomplices whose
names wore divulged by thu investiga
tion wi ru lodged in jail, where tl ly now
are.
ISxoitomcnt ran high in tho neighbor*
hoed of tho murder, ?is indignation was
also manifested throughout tho county.
The victim was an unoll'cndiug boy less
thou fourteen yours old, tho sun < ; web
bed > and worthy parents, by whom ho
wasidolized. lu an unfortunate moment,
as Prindley Thomson confessed iii tho
jail, the little boy detected bini, Mose,
Dan and Bailey, in tho act ol "ealing
colton from his lath r's field. To pre
vent exposure, tho cotton thieves brutal*
ly murdered Lim. Prindley made this
confession:
"I went with them after tho cotton in
Mr. Good's Hold, and left them there.
Bailey hud tho boy's waist; J hod his
legs; .do.-e was choking him, and Dan
carru d tho rooks. Wo all went away by
HlO pastare le id. Dalley bit him first
with tho rook when wo first got bold of
tho boy. Dan suw the boy llrst. Dan
said: "Boys, yonder is Leo." Bailey hit
llrst, and Ihm next. MOHO jumped on
Lis bowels."
Mitch was tho material portion of
Prindloy's confosuion, tho wounds on thc
dead body of tbi boy corroborating bis
Btab m ut as to tho mann ir of infliction.
After this confession was made mid be
calms known, it being reasonably oortaiu
of the positivo ?.mil', of Priudloy, .'.ailey,
Dau mid M iso, tho peni, up tic ing of
tho western side of tho county found
v.;;' in threats of lynching, and besides
tho hm.- na.bio id of Giles Good,
ti' - supposed instigator Of tho crime,
nial accessory, Wiis also dei tnndod.
BborilV Gloiui, vigilant for thc safety
of his prisoners, becoming satisfied that
tho threat of lynching Would bo at
tempted, ou thu o\ uing of Docombor
bitb procured an order from Judge
Withoi'i poou transferring them for safe
keeping to tho jail at Columbia, and on
that night they wero spirited away.
I'ruo to Iiis expectations, about V o'clock
un tho following morning, a crowd of
about Kovonty-ilvc mounted mei?, undis
tti L'd, ap 'ouched tho jail, propurcd
with axos e..i i ?1? ilgo hammers nud some
armed with shot guns, and a nun dior ol'
thom st turing nn entrance through the
corridor, prod dod to tho thud door
and coninioneed battcriug tho wooden
shutter covoring Ibo non doo.- winch
had- to the cells. By the tune the
."jiu rift' was aroused by inc noise a nd had
run np to the landing on tho third floor,
one panel of tin wooden .slur, iel* was
knocked out und tho crowd Were moving
OU thu works us though they meant hus
mas. When tho Sherill' interposed, the
crowd desisted until he convinced them
that tho men wanted -.vere m '. in tho
jail. Tho whole party, which, aside
from their demonstration OU the jail, lied
la en qiliot and orderly, theil peaceably
rode out of town.
Tile Sherill' foiled tho WOllld-b . lynch
ers and saved Iiis prisoners, who about
the hour of the demonstration wero in
North Carolina on their wa; to Cullim
bin, where t ny romaiued until last Sat
urday, when tho Sherill' deputized Dr.
\. V. Cartwright and Mr. Janies il.
Biddle, two menin whoso conrane under
contingent diilloultios be had full couli
doilOO, to conduct tho pris on, rs from
Columbia to Yorkvillo. Tho transfoi
was accomplished without incident, and
OU Saturday evening Uley were r< turned
to their old ?punt?is in tho \ urkvilh
jail.
It was supposed that tho excitement
and indignation incident to the murdoi
hail subsided, and certainly all fooling
for summary vengeance was slumbering
mili1 Monday morning when tin ninnis
tu kable lunacy of tho hillier of tho mur
deied boy rekindled the aligero'.' all win
witnessed tho unfortunate mau on tia
way to tho Asylum. No cautious in
quiry, however, could discover any
undue feeling in the general cuiront o!
public sentiment, Tho inquisitive news
paper man, in Iiis suggestive way, en
doavorod hore and tbero to gain a clue
but overy person approached upon tin
subject expressed tho opinion that tia
law WOtdd biko its course. Late Mumbo
evening tho Sherill fi lt a souse i l portee
security, and Voikvillc retired Mondio
night, little expecting to wake up nox
morning to lind live dead bodies dang
ling from the limbs of trees abm st withu
thc corporate limits.
Tho men chose for tho hour of thei
work tho wee small hours, and ut hal
past l the Sheriff, who was also jailor, wa
awakened by a noise at the door. IL
rushed up to tho crowd in his nigh
dress, and ho refusing to surrender th
keys, his visitors proceeded to tho thin
Hour and commenced on tho same doo
thal hud partly yielded to similar trent
mont only a few weeks before. Th
Sheriff was powerless to ofter resistance
and endeavored to attract attention t
tho jail by rapid and successive tiring o
his gun. This had tho effect to bring t
tho scone a few persons, but by tho tim
they arrived, tho lynching party ba
gninod entrance, secured tho men the
wanted and loft. Tho wooden door bi
foro alltidod to was opened by cuttin
out tho largo plate lock with an nx<
.'ho padlocks securing tho doors to sui
ocquoutly open wero broken, but tho?
woro replaced by now onos and tho col
woro left comparatively safely locke.
Five prisoners woro wanted, it scorn
instead of six us ou tho former oocasioi
and those taken were. Giles Good, Bailey
Dowdle, Prindloy Thomson, Dan Kob
orta and Mose Lipscomb. Their identi
ty wau insured by moans of a dark lan
tern with which thu party was provided.
As far as can bc known, no resistance,
or even outcry, was made by any of tho
doomed men. A man whoso business
required him to pass near tho locality of
tho hanging, saw tho crowd approach
ing, and stepping to ono side of tho
road, permitted the eutirelprocession to
nasa without ottering any molestation,
lie gives tho opinion that tho viotims
were mounted, lbs could seo no ono on
foot, and all were proceeding along
leisurely and quietly. He uaw tho party
not far from tho spot selected for tho
execution of tho deed, a knell on tho
road leading northwest from tho jail,
and only a short distance from tho stone
marking tho drat milo from the Court
House.
Tho most interesting scene in an att'air
pf Ulis loud is supposed to bc tho bear
ing and demeanor of the fated wretch,
hut just herc our account of this ono
must 1?o at fault. We have not seen any
une who said he was there, nor do wo
know whether or not tho men boro up
bravely, or whether any words of con
fossion escaped their lips, lt is vaguely
whispered, but with how much truth wo
[.annul toll, that (Hies Good waa re
quired to act as thu executioner of his
four comrades, anti was then compelled
lo tic thc knot of his noose. To thia
last requirement hu is said to have de
murred, ejaculating "how the devil do
you expect a man to hang himself."
Again it is said that HO words wcro
atti red by any one during thc cuacting
pf the final scene, further than ono of
thom expressed Ids desire of tho maunor
pf adjusting thc ropo around Iiis neck.
Tho ropes used were ordinary cotton,
winch appear to have been used as plow
lines.
As soon as it was possible for tho
Sherill' to do so, lie went to thu spot of
tho execution, taking with bim two
physicians, but they arrived too hito to
render any assistance to the live Ump
bodies they found dangling from tho
trees four from one tree on tho oast
side of thc road, and thu other irom tho
limb ol a stout oak hard by on the op
posite side. Lifo was found to bc ex
tinct.
Tho Sherill' caused thc bodies to be
fut down immediately, and on blankets
spread upon the ground, laid them sido
by side, under tho branches of tho trco
DU which four were hanged. Hero tho
bodies remained until late yesterday
afternoon, when they were removed for
burial. Prindloy Thomson's relatives
took possession ol" his body and tho
body of Hailey Dowdle was taken posses
sion of by bis father. Thu other bodies
were buried at tho expense of tho county.
News of tho lynching spread over
town rapidly, and from early in tho
morning until late in thu day, tho sceno
was visited by Huongs of persons.
Tho colored people, of course, visitud
tho dead bodies with no less motives of
curiosity than thu whites; but if they
were disposed to censure tho act, they
gave expressions in words to no such
feeling. In a group of colored people,
about noon, was an auntie, who had a
letter written by Alary Thomson, tho
mother of Prindloy. Tho letter was
dated March 31, and leads as follows:
"MY DEA li CHIMU If ho has testified
that toles Good led him into that mur
Aoriug scrape, 1 do believe it, for ho
Could lead my child better than 1 could.
Hu bas objected | preventedJ his mother
from teaching him the right way, and
from my child's action what made mo
believe it he always would mind ?riles
Good from ten years old. 1 could not
correct bini. Do, please, if you break
my child's neck, break Giles Good's, too,
for my sake. I do want to see my child
once more, and if ho is hung I do want
his body. MARY THOMSON."
This letter was intended for the Sherill',
and is a key to tho bad reputation sus
tained in tho neighborhood by Giles
Good. Ho was suspected of being tho
chief instigator of thu thieving which lcd
to the murder.
>e\\ York and Wu-ll I linton SooiOty.
Tho attitude of New York society peo
ple toward Washington is peculiar, and
they show their bumptious provincial
ism in a dozen ways. Gno Now York
woman who has spent a couple of sear
sons here remarked kindly that sho
could see a great improvement in tho
art of dinner-giving since she carno to
Washington. "Of course New York
dinners nave always been perfect, but
here it is quite a new thing, you know^
this dinner-giving," was ncr' bland ,'ro-'
mark. When repeated to a few Wash
ington hostesses who havu been . giving 1
dinners for a score of years there waft'nfi'
immediate tempest in a teapot.' Now
Yorkers have tbo coolest way of making
just such speeches al ?out Washington,
and assuming an air of condescension as
it it were very kind in them to tin amused
by tho capital's doings; yet at tho samo
time tliey make all theso pretensions
they come here and go the greatest
lengths to get into thc full swim of so
ciety. Prosidont Arthur first mado tho
delights of capital society patent and
accessible to Ins New York friends, and
the fashion once established keeps itself
up. l'util the unfortunate night when
shu recited " 'Ostler Joe" Airs. Pottot
thought Washington social Ufo fascinat
ing; after tliat sliu had a chance to soo
its more frigid aspect, and changed her^
mind. All hostesses who entertain aro
beset by requests for friends from Now
York, tho place of thoir residenco hoing
emphasized, as though giving tho appli
cants particular value-Prom a Wash
ington Letter.
Married Woman Twice meir \ne$.
In 1*81 thc Haroneas Ihi.-dclt-Couttsmar
ried Mr. Hartlett, Who was more than ?30
years ber junior, and Marian Evans, or'
George Elliott, was much older than Mr.
Cross, whom she married in lnao, after tho
death of Mr. Lew is. Togo further tack,
Mme. Dc Btaol, another lamons woman of
letters, was 4(1 when in 1812 she took for a
Bocond husband M. do Hocen, a young
French officer of 85, Probably, too, near
ly eve ty body can recall instances of mar
riages like these Which lia vc occurred with?
?n the range of Ids own acquaintance and
among people loss distinguished, and such
unions are frequently reported In tho news
papers.-A^w York Hun.
An Instruetor asked a French girl why
boor in French was feminine. She replied
Hutt it was probably owing to tho fact that
tho lx>ys liked il so well.